American 20th-21st Century Genre Scenes
(above: George Benjamin Luks, Houston Street, 1907, oil on canvas mounted on masonite, 23.8 x 41.6 inches, Saint Louis Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Introduction
This section of the Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) catalogue Topics in American Art is devoted to the topic "American 20th-21dtt Century Genre Scenes." Articles and essays specific to this topic published in TFAO's Resource Library are listed at the beginning of the section. Clicking on titles takes readers directly to the articles and essays. The date at the end of each title is the date of publication in Resource Library.
Our articles and essays honoring the American experience through its art:
2000
The Fanciful World of Helen DuPré Moseley (1/3/00)
The Spirit of Christmas: Rockwell Paintings from the Hallmark Collection (11/12/00)
Pushing the Envelope: The Art of the Postage Stamp (11/12/00)
Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series of 1938-40 (10/24/00)
Making Spirits Bright: The World of Jayne Shelley-Pierce (10/21/00
In the City: Urban Views 1900-1940 (10/16/00)
A Spiritual Journey: The Art of Eddie Lee Kendrick (10/15/00)
An American Diary: Paintings and Prints by Roger Shimomura (10/14/00)
Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People (10/7/00)
The Russian Tradition (10/7/00)
In Line With Al Hirschfeld: An Al Hirschfeld Retrospective (10/1/00)
Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People (9/23/00)
Solidarity Forever! Graphics of the International Labor Movement (9/22/00)
322 Norman Rockwell Covers (9/18/00)
Lyrical Visions: Music and Dance in American Art (9/14/00)
Paris 1900: The "American School" at the Universal Exposition (9/12/00)
The Graphic Work of John Edward Costigan (1888-1972) (8/31/00)
One Nation: Patriots and Pirates Portrayed by N.C. Wyeth and James Wyeth (8/12/00)
Aaron Copeland's America (8/12/00)
John Falter, Illustrator (8/6/00)
Scenes of American Life: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (5/9/00)
On the Road with Thomas Hart Benton (3/20/00)
Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art (3/18/00)
Scenes of American Life: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (3/15/00)
Jazz: An American Muse (3/9/00)
John Sloan's Etchings: Imagination, Invention, and a Passion for "Needling In" (3/2/00)
Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People (2/22/00)
Gifford Beal: At the Water's Edge (2/21/00)
On the Road with Thomas Hart Benton: Images of a Changing America (2/19/00)
The Political Dr. Seuss (2/17/00)
America at Work: 1920-1940 (2/7/00)
Ron Adams, Master Printmaker: A Survey of Work, 1984-1999 (1/25/00)
Public Works of Art Project of 1934: Works on Paper (1/24/00)
Lifting the Rose-Colored Glasses: Three Social Realists (1/21/00)
Robert Gwathmey: A Retrospective (1/21/00)
New Deal Murals in Kentucky Post Offices (1/19/00)
Milton Avery at Neuberger Museum of Art (1/19/00)
Stuart Davis in Gloucester (1/14/00)
1999
Anchorage Artist Garry Mealer (12/23/99)
Katherine Sowle: Circus Impressions (12/19/99)
Edward Borein: On the Range (12/16/99)
Charles Turzak on Exhibit at Tarble Arts Center (12/8/99)
Carl Gaertner and the American Scene (11/30/99)
Heart and Soul of the South: The Paintings of John Kelly Fitzpatrick (1888 - 1953) (11/29/99)
Walt Kuhn: An Imaginary History of the West (11/6/99)
Jan Swihart: A Place Apart (11/4/99)
Mark L. Moseman: Agrarian Legacy (11/3/99)
Andrew Stevovich: Twenty Years of Paintings, Drawings and Prints (10/31/99)
Robert Gwathmey: Master Painter (10/18/99)
Carioca: A Year Among the Natives of Rio de Janeiro, Work by Sandow Birk (10/15/99)
Randy Hayes: The World Reveiled (10/9/99)
In the City: Urban Views 1900-1940 (10/8/99)
On the Road with Thomas Hart Benton: Images of a Changing America (9/23/99)
Upon a Lilac Sea: Paintings by Catherine McCarthy (9/22/99)
"Paintings 99" by Ronald Sloan (9/18/99)
Celebration and Vision: The Hewitt Collection of African-American Art (9/15/99)
On the Road with Thomas Hart Benton: Images of a Changing America (9/10/99)
Michael McWillie: Painting (9/10/99)
John Register: A Retrospective (9/7/99)
The Lighter Side of the Depression: Watercolors from The Michael Johnson Collection (9/7/99)
All-Stars: American Sporting Prints from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams (9/6/99)
Larry Wade at the Springville Museum of Art (9/5/99)
Sergei Bongart (1918-1985) at Mission San Juan Capistrano (9/2/99)
New Frontiers: Kojo Griffin (8/18/99)
Light on the Familiar: The Paintings of Scott Prior (8/16/99)
Robert Colescott: Recent Paintings (8/14/99)
Apocalyptic Giggles: The Industrial Cartoon Humor of Derf (7/28/99)
The Nude in Contemporary Art (7/14/99)
Oil Patch Dreams: Images of the Petroleum Industry in American Art (6/9/99)
Drew--Art of the Cinema (6/12/99)
Coming to Life, The Figure in American Art 1955-1965 (3/17/99)
The Life and Works of Ogden Pleissner at Shelburne Museum (5/12/99)
Phillip Koch: Recent Work (3/18/99)
It's Only Rock and Roll: Rock and Roll Currents In Contemporary Art (3/13/99)
America Seen: People and Place (2/2/99)
1998
The Latino Spirit: Hispanic Icons and Images (10/27/98)
Children of the Yellow Kid: The Evolution of the American Comic Strip (8/20/98)
1997
Visions of A Changing America: Depression Era Prints from the Collection of Herschel and Fern Cohen
The Art of Enchantment: Children's Book Illustrators
Dick and Jane: Illustrations of an American Education (11/17/97)
Charles Santore Children's Illustrations (9/11/97)
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